Untold Stories of Innovation

Why do stories matter to the innovation process? What values can be instilled in innovators who share stories? How do innovation leaders inspire creators to tell and share their success and failure stories? Steve Rader, deputy director for the Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation at NASA, says storytelling is key to everything he does. He tells us thought-leading organizations will quickly become irrelevant if they don't utilize open innovation tools as the freelance economy grows. Despite the data-backed benefits of open innovation, the idea was not widely embraced when it rolled out. Steve shares with us how storytelling allowed him to gain internal buy-in and create comfort with disruption on an organizational level. Not only did storytelling play a role in motivating individuals to embrace this change, but it inspired a culture of innovative thinking. For more information, visit our website: https://untoldcontent.com/You can also find us on Instagram: @untoldcontent

Why do stories matter to the innovation process? What values can be instilled in innovators who share stories? How do innovation leaders inspire creators to tell and share their success and failure stories? Senior Director of Innovation at Paypal, Michael Todasco, joins us to share how inclusion in innovation can increase the creativity of employees and transform the innovation process within a company. He believes that when it comes to seeing an idea to fruition, storytelling is essential at every stage. To him, Charity Water’s promotional video, The Spring, is a moving example of the power of story. For more information, visit our website: https://untoldcontent.com/You can also find us on Instagram: @untoldcontent

Why do stories matter to the innovation process? What values can be instilled in innovators who share stories? How do innovation leaders inspire creators to tell and share their success and failure stories? In this episode we talk with Alicia Evangelista, Patricia Gruver, and Mart Duitemeije about innovation ecosystems around the world and the global response to COVID-19. Our guests are shaped and informed by their former roles as scientists and current involvement with the Science and Technology Diplomatic Circle in Boston. Alicia is the head of Innovation+ at swissnex Boston. Patricia Gruver is research, innovation and trade attaché for the Quebec government in Boston. Mart Duitemeijer, who is attaché for innovation at the Netherlands Innovation Network. Patricia and Mart are also co-chairs of the Science and Technology Diplomatic Circle in Boston. Together, they offer much needed praise for the power of storytelling to increase cross-cultural awareness of science and innovation.For more information, visit our website: https://untoldcontent.com/You can also find us on Instagram: @untoldcontent

Why do stories matter to the innovation process? What values can be instilled in innovators who share stories? How do innovation leaders inspire creators to tell and share their success and failure stories? We speak with Debbie Saviano and Stacey Schieffelin, the co-founders of Women's Leadership LIVE. Supporting small business owners is at the heart of their work with Home Shopping Network, QVC, and Where Women Create. Together, they shared innovation insights that ranged from remaining vulnerable in content marketing to sharing stories of success and failures.For more information, visit our website: https://untoldcontent.com/You can also find us on Instagram: @untoldcontent

Why do stories matter to the innovation process? What values can be instilled in innovators who share stories? How do innovation leaders inspire creators to tell and share their success and failure stories? Our conversation with innovation consultant and keynote speaker, Duncan Wardle—the former V.P. of innovation and creativity at the Walt Disney Company—unpacked the importance of harnessing childlike curiosity and collaborating with customers and naive experts to break your rhythm of thinking. He details how to create an impactful pitch: invite people to build on your ideas and engage kinesthetic, visual, and auditory learners. For more information, visit our website: https://untoldcontent.com/You can also find us on Instagram: @untoldcontent

Why do stories matter to the innovation process? What values can be instilled in innovators who share stories? How do innovation leaders inspire creators to tell and share their success and failure stories? We speak with Paul Andrew Smith, one of Inc. Magazine’s Top 100 Leadership Speakers of 2018, storytelling coach, and bestselling author of the books The 10 Stories Great Leaders Tell, Lead with a Story, Sell with a Story, Parenting with a Story, and Four Days with Kenny Tedford.

Why do stories matter to the innovation process? What values can be instilled in innovators who share stories? How do innovation leaders inspire creators to tell and share their success and failure stories? Your host Katie Trauth Taylor, the CEO of Untold Content, invites her team members Stephen Taylor, COO, and Meredith Singleton, head of education and training, to answer these very questions. In helping subject matter experts and thought-leading organizations effectively communicate their big ideas, Untold Content has refined their expertise in crafting compelling innovation stories. Now, they’re ready to share their insights and amplify epic examples in the innovation community.